RENEE CARTER,
I have sickle cell SS I LUV THIS CENTER IT MAKES ME FEEL AT HOME!!! I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE PASS THIRTY WITH THERE HELP!!!

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Please keep this clinic open

Alicia L. Johnson,
I am the mother of a 20 year old daughter who has sickle cell disease. She receives her medical care at UIC. Due to transferring my daughter from another hospital to UIC was the best decision I have ever made. Because UIC is the medical center where new treatments are both discovered and adminstered. My daughters health has improved so much since we started coming to UIC when my child was 11 years old. The physicians, social workers, nurses all work with the families to ensure that we are educated & well cared for. It would be a travesty for funding to be cut from this great program. Please help save more families, like mine, who have endured so much in dealing with this horrible illness. Thank you, Alicia L. Johnson.

Sherry Mack,

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Me and my two sisters suffer from Sickle Cell Anemia. If Governor Quinn ever saw someone in a full Sickle Cell Crisis he would understand the importance of the center.

Laura zajkowski,
Please continue funding for the this vitally important center. The Sickle Cell Patients need your help.

Cynthia Hardy,
As a active member of the board of The Have a Heart For Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation for many years and as a person dedicated to supporting people and their families suffering from the disease; it is my sincere hope that the Governor will reinstate the funding needed to keep the Sickle Cell Center at UIC open. This is the only comprehensive sickle cell center in the state and it is a much needed facility for so many people afflicted with sickle cell anemia.

Nicole Artz,

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As a young person in New York living with this disease I understand how important this clinic is. This clinic needs to stay open and continue it's much needed work.

Andriana Collins-Brockman,
As the daughter of Linda Collins, founder of The Have a Heart for Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, I have seen how Sickle Cell Anemia affects so many lives. The UIC Comprehensive Center is an incredible step forward in bettering the lives of those affected. The one of a kind facility shows how dedicated Illinois is in bettering the lives of all citizens because this is a disease that in some way affects everyone. Funding for the center is vital and a loss of that funding would be a disservice to many.

Shanta Harrington,

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Grady Reynolds II,

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One of my 3 sons was born with SCD. Now that he receives his medical care at UIC Sickle Cell Clinic, his SCD has been much more manageable. He will be graduating 8th grade this year and has been nominiated for the United States Achievement Academy. This population is important in and to IL and the USA. PLEASE RESTORE FUNDING NOW!

Marilyn McClendon,

chanda griffin,

Geta Marberry,
I am the aunt of a young woman who has had to live with this disease.I have seen how difficult it is to function and how it affect her life.Now that she is a mother, She will take on more obsticles in raising her children being affected with this disease.I pray that the funding for the research in this area will continue so that maybe in her life time there would be more hope for people living with Sickle Cell.

Ramona Brooks,

Horace Lee,

RJF,
He needs to do what is best for this cause.

Fred Thompson,

Frank Brow,

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James Kollenbroich,

Darryl Shelton,
Please know that I am 100% behind this petition to restore funding to the Sickle Cell Center at the University of Illinois Chicago.

I insist that you take the necessary action to make this happen.

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Jonathan Art,

Margaret Kleist,

Valerie Brown,

Tierra Russell,
I am behind this petition 100%.

Kari Dueball,

Adrien Davis,
To: The Illinois Legislature

Please reinstate the fund to the Comprehensive
Sickle Cell Center at UIC. The Center and it's patients are counting on our support. Too many patients will be turned away and suffer needlessly if the Center has to close or cut back on their services.

Thank you in advance,

Adrien Davis.

mia johnson,

irene Eftekhar Sepahdari,

GLORIA FARRIS,
I'm behind this petition to restore funding----There are too many children born with this painful disease!!

Stephanie Washington,

Samantha Gagni,

Jennifer PIetka,

Rocio Garcia,
I am definitely behind this petition to restore funding!

Kristina Wright,

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Please keep the center.

Marya Schechtman,
I understand that tough choices need to be made, but this is a program that must be preserved.

Varner Woods,

Ben Bridges,

Donya Hooks,

cozette buckney,

Mrs.R.Ball,
As the mother of a child with sickle cell I most definitely for the restoring funding of this petition.

Regina Satterfield,

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I am appauled at the idea of cutting something so life saving, and vital to so many. It is bad enough that there isn't enough quality health services for the poor, young and elderly but to defund the Sickle Cell Center to balance the budget is unthinkable. To think you got my vote! I won't make that mistake again if you have these types of thoughts and actions. And will encourage others not to vote for you as well. The Sickle Cell Center has and can continue to help many African-American who have this illness. Is this why you are attempting to defund it? How do you sleep at night?!!!

caron williams,

Donna Westerberg,

Wanda E. Simpson,

Ishawa Stephens,

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Andrea Carson,
Please restore these much needed funds.

Linda VanPuyenbroeck,
Cutting of any monies to help children is terrible.

Xavier L. Ayala,

Elise Wilson,

Sharon Miller,

carla russell,

LaKida Dixon,

Edward McClendon,

Anthony Anderson,
the sickle cell clinic at UIC means so much to everyone and mostly to the sickle cell patients and parents. If the kids have no place to get the care that they really need then where will they go to get the care? It is already hard to deal with having sickle cell disease and all the pain crisis that people with sickle cell go through. it is a very hard life to deal with and all we want is a doctor that understands and that can care for us, in the best possible way that they can. So thing long and hard about all those people in the world struggling with this disease!

Renita Darnell,

Karin M. Fields,

Chris Sanders,

Beverly J. Frencher,

Lolita Johnson,
Govenor Quinn, if you know anything about pain you would not allow this clinic to be closed, if you have eve experience any type of severe arthritus pain, imagine pain 4xas bad. thats what sickle cell feels like i know i have experienced both. you are essential denying sickle cell patients the best chance they have for getting godd pain management that couldultimately keep the out of the hospitals.
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Lolita Johnson

jamane hinton,

LaVern Jackson,

Melanie M. Cooper,
I have no immmediate family members or friends stricken with this condition, but I am certainly in full support of allocating funds to engage further research that may someday ultimately lead to a cure.

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This is a much needed center and it must stay open to for its importance to many.

Isaiah J.Murry,Jr.,

Valerie,
I have a friend who tirelessly volunteers,and gives her support to this worthy cause,there are no other centers of its kind in the state of Ilinois and if I'm correct only, one maybe two of it's kid in the United States that address everything from treatment to the person with this illness, to support for the family(this plays a vital part of treating the disease).it's like one stop shopping only it's a medical center, that provides support on every level for families dealing with the diease,and the only one in Ilinois.
Governor Quinn,maybe you did'nt know this, and so, I am asking that you please reconsider and not close the center,people are sent to or referred to the center by doctors,when they are limited in knowledge or resources etc for Sickle Cell care, I'm referring to good quality treatment for sickle cell Anemia.

Governor Quinn would you keep the center open,

Thank you

LaShare McLemore,

Ethel Johnson,
PLEASE KEEP THE CENTER OPEN!

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Kamala Dunn-Jolliff,

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this government have they priorty so mixed up it is a shame. They give funds for all kinds of un-necessary stupid experments, like cloneing and other bull sh...,not to mention money for foreign countries and not taking care of home, it's sinful!

Kimberly Boatman,

Arnelar Jenkins,

Rosie Walker,

Carl Easter,

Stephanie Driver,
I have friends that have this disease. So I do support this cause.

Trenton Carson,

Candace Madison,
I am the mother of a 20 year old son with Sickle Cell Disease/type SS. He has been very blessed in his 20 years of life and has only had 1 pain crisis in the past 7 years due to the success of his current treatment modality. He is a Senior at Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia and is monitored at the Grady Hospital's Sickle Cell Center, which the center at UIC is modeled after. The UIC Sickle Cell Center, and it's most professional and caring staff, is a Godsend and is vital to the progress, success and wholistic well-being of patients with Sickle Cell disease as well as continued research and awareness of the findings. Please save this center by any means necessary.

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Susan Smith Ross,

Kamilah Parker,

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Zerrie D. Campbell,
Please restore the funding to the sickle cell center at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The restoration of funding will help provide resources for over 800 people and prevent many avoidable deaths due to lack of treatment and research.

Melonese Brookins,

Barbara McCauley,

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I am a sickle cell trait(a carrier), it is extremely important to continue the research for Sickle Cell and provide the necessary funding that UIC needs to find a cure for this disease that has been around for too long. Thanks

Gayle drew,

Pamela C. Cannon-Gilchrist,

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Nicole McGee,

Victoria Grist,
Dear Sir:
I am a Sickle Cell Anemia patient formerly treated at UIC. It is shameful and appalling that an action, such as, to eliminate funding for the UIC Sickle Cell Anemia has even been thought about.

Is it safe to question that if this debilitating disease were to affect a majority population, that is, the caucasian community, that this would NEVER be brought to fruition??

In my opinion, this is just another ply to defy and degrade part of our human race that GOD created!! Shame on you!

Sincerely,
Victoria Grist
Sickle Cell Anemia patient

Chris Mosley,
I will foward this on in 2003 I lost a loved one to the same and I feel this funding should never be stop. Maybe Pat Quin need to cut the funding for smokers addictions a sickness that does not attack children and babies. I speak for the ones not old enough to speak for themselves find another avenue Pat.

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Sickle Cell anemia has afflicted 6 of my relatives-2 of whom have died early due to this disease. It's unthinkable that cuts in research are being made. We must make our voices and our votes heard!

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Stephanie Anderson,

Nelson Bax,
Please continue to fund research on Sickle Cell. We are so close to saving the lives of many.

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Lisa Williams,
My neighbor, a freshman in high school has Sickle Cell. I constantly watch him going in and out of the hospital with this disease. Please support this center.

Edward C Anderson Sr,
Please help, I know about this disease frist hand and this center is extremely important and needed. My very dear friend pass away some time ago because of this disease, maybe he would still be here if the center had been in operation during his life time.

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Please don't stop the funding (assistants)! It's very much helpful and much needed.

Yvette,
When you look at cutting funding, don't just look at the dollars spent, look at the lives saved and rethink your decision.

Deborah Epps,

Deshon Moore,

Iraetta Lacey,
As the interim Director of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois I speak on behalf of our constituents. Please refund the UIC program. Our community organization SCDAI is also in grave danger of closing. We are still in operation because of faithful volunteers. Sickle Cell patients and their families need our voices and financial support. Please don't let us down.

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As a high risk obstetrician I know the stellar work that the Sickle Cell Center at UIC has done for its patients for many years. I have cared for many pregnant sickle patients and it would be very difficult to do so without the expertise of those in the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. I would urge Mr. Quinn to cut the waste and ridiculous expenditures of the politicians and reinstate the funding for much needed programs, with the Sickle Cell Center at the top of the list.

Emily Jones,

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carolyn gilmore,

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Our organization partners with March of Dimes as they are a major researcher for a cure for Sickle Cell. We are a group that menter to Afro American Teens and stress the importance of finding a cure for this disease. We also realize how importance it is for those who have this disease to have access to medical assistance. Hopefully, you will not elimate a program that is vital to this underserved community.

Peggy Lewis LeCompte,

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Cut waste, not vital programs and services from the budget. Please keep the funding and keep this center open to serve those with Sickle Cell Anemia.

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Dolores J. Tolliver,
Governor Quinn,do the right thing--HELP SAVE THE PROGAM!

lola m. key,
Please continue to fund Sickle Cell Center at the University of Chicago, Illinois. Thank you for your time and consideration in this most urgent matter.

Darryl Armstrong,

Dwayne Ross,

Sharon Morris,
Keep this center open

Jade Anderson,
I am a friend to some of those who unfortunately have sickle cell disease. I am studying to be a doctor, and closing this center would be a mistake.

Kevin B Armstrong,
Governor Quinn...thank you , in advance for changing your position and INCLUDING funding for Sickle Cell Center in your coming budgeting!

Taryn Springs,

Carol J. Harris,

Ameenah M. Muhammad,
Sickle Cell disease deserves a platform for assisting humans in the research and funding necessary to help and support those who suffer from its afflictions. Keep this center open!

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It is very important the we continue to meet the needs of individuals with Sickle Cell. This is a very important service.

Derek Armstrong,
Dont get rid of a great thing!!!!!

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Joselyn Williams,
I just hope that there is compassion in the heart of Pat Quinn. Not to cut this devastating illness that mainly affect the African American Community.

Corwyn Madioson,

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I grew up with a friend who had this disease, and I witnessed firsthand the devastating it can cause!

Good work!

Margaret Dorsey,
This is a vital and needed service for current Sickle Cell patients and those who have yet to discover that they have the disease. It would be an atrocity to close this Center.

Margaret in Chicago

Vincent Bass,

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marie wiley,

Walter Madison,

Nikia Cannon,
Words can not express how much this center is needed.

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Ethel Madison,

Erin Jessup,

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Robert J Earle Wallace,

Mark Hatch,